The Jazz Harmony BookDavid Berkman
The Jazz Harmony Book
by David Berkman · first published 2013
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There is an entire chapter, about 20 pages, on Harris's theories in Berkman's The Jazz Harmony Book. It's probably the best harmony book I've ever read because it's extremely down to earth and focuses on worked examples. If you want videos, there's also this playlist from the billgrahammusic youtube…
on “A Generative Grammar for Jazz Chord Sequences (1984)” ↗"Jazz Theory" is a good book, but I think the average person wanting to "learn music theory" would find the excellent "Jazz Harmony Book" by the same publisher much more accessible, certainly not easy, but by no means the slog/reference-style-book that "Jazz Theory" is. Link is here: https://www.shermusic.com/1883217792.php
on “Ask HN: How Can I Learn Music Theory?” ↗I'm currently working through Frank Sikora's "Jazz Harmony" book [1] to learn to play Jazz piano. In parallel, I'm building an exercise generator "Jazzln" [2] to help me practice. [1]: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54391815-jazz-harmony [2]: https://jazzln.vercel.app
on “Ask HN: What are you working on? (April 2025)” ↗